Rachael French
@drrachaelf.bsky.social
Chair of Biology @SJSU, nerd, mom, Social Justice Ranger. The Matriarchy is Coming. She/Her. Opinions are my own. I swear a lot. drrachaelfrench on Threads.
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Rachael French
@drrachaelf.bsky.social
· Oct 19
In honor of being put on a science communicators list, I thought I’d bring back my most popular science communication thread from Twitter, before I never go there again.
This was in response to Ted Cruz asking AOC “what, exactly, is a Y chromosome?”
Read on if you want to know…
This was in response to Ted Cruz asking AOC “what, exactly, is a Y chromosome?”
Read on if you want to know…
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Hey, I lost a bunch of followers when I reposted this last night, so this morning I'm ordering MORE boxes and reposting it again!
Hey everyone!
Huge news! Our trans girl scout list has sold a total of 146,000 boxes as of today!
But MANY trans girl scouts only have 20, 30, 40 boxes sold.
I just resorted our list to put those on the top.
Go get your girl scout cookies and make a trans kid's day!
Huge news! Our trans girl scout list has sold a total of 146,000 boxes as of today!
But MANY trans girl scouts only have 20, 30, 40 boxes sold.
I just resorted our list to put those on the top.
Go get your girl scout cookies and make a trans kid's day!
2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Hey, I lost a bunch of followers when I reposted this last night, so this morning I'm ordering MORE boxes and reposting it again!
When we all finally accept that the rights ideology is all about accumulation of power, things will be both easier and harder.
Easier because it’s helpful to actually know what you’re fighting. Harder because a lot of people aren’t going to believe it until it’s nearly too late.
Easier because it’s helpful to actually know what you’re fighting. Harder because a lot of people aren’t going to believe it until it’s nearly too late.
February 3, 2026 at 2:24 PM
When we all finally accept that the rights ideology is all about accumulation of power, things will be both easier and harder.
Easier because it’s helpful to actually know what you’re fighting. Harder because a lot of people aren’t going to believe it until it’s nearly too late.
Easier because it’s helpful to actually know what you’re fighting. Harder because a lot of people aren’t going to believe it until it’s nearly too late.
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I woke up feeling ready to scrap again.
I got some really good advice in grad school for dealing with setbacks and it still works: give yourself the rest of the day to mourn and really feel your feelings—be a caricature, wallow, use all your coping mechanisms. Go to bed, dust off, and move on.
I got some really good advice in grad school for dealing with setbacks and it still works: give yourself the rest of the day to mourn and really feel your feelings—be a caricature, wallow, use all your coping mechanisms. Go to bed, dust off, and move on.
February 3, 2026 at 12:51 PM
I woke up feeling ready to scrap again.
I got some really good advice in grad school for dealing with setbacks and it still works: give yourself the rest of the day to mourn and really feel your feelings—be a caricature, wallow, use all your coping mechanisms. Go to bed, dust off, and move on.
I got some really good advice in grad school for dealing with setbacks and it still works: give yourself the rest of the day to mourn and really feel your feelings—be a caricature, wallow, use all your coping mechanisms. Go to bed, dust off, and move on.
My runs are designed to avoid crossing streets as much as possible, and I almost never cross at a crosswalk because "jaywalking" is actually safer. It's easier to see people coming.
Because people driving cars just don't care whether they run you down. (They don't even see you, often.)
Because people driving cars just don't care whether they run you down. (They don't even see you, often.)
It's unsettling how traffic violence is reported in the US. If the driver was going this street's speed limit of 25mph, there's a 90% chance this woman would be alive. But that's unmentioned. The driver was "cooperative." There will be no follow up. There will be no convictions. A life is lost.
February 3, 2026 at 12:32 AM
My runs are designed to avoid crossing streets as much as possible, and I almost never cross at a crosswalk because "jaywalking" is actually safer. It's easier to see people coming.
Because people driving cars just don't care whether they run you down. (They don't even see you, often.)
Because people driving cars just don't care whether they run you down. (They don't even see you, often.)
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I am not cosigning community terror.
February 2, 2026 at 11:13 PM
I am not cosigning community terror.
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ICYMI, Gai*man is slinking out of the shadows and posting again, trying to scuttle his way back into the public's good graces.
Please take care of yourselves, believe women, believe survivors, and fuck that guy.
Please take care of yourselves, believe women, believe survivors, and fuck that guy.
February 2, 2026 at 7:03 PM
ICYMI, Gai*man is slinking out of the shadows and posting again, trying to scuttle his way back into the public's good graces.
Please take care of yourselves, believe women, believe survivors, and fuck that guy.
Please take care of yourselves, believe women, believe survivors, and fuck that guy.
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Anyway thoughts and prayers to the people whose culture war will force them to watch Kid Rock
February 2, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Anyway thoughts and prayers to the people whose culture war will force them to watch Kid Rock
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They're desparate to stop Senate Democrats from defunding ICE. Keep calling. Keep pushing.
Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Homeland Security Secretary Noem says every DHS officer deployed to Minneapolis is now being issued a body-worn camera.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Homeland Security Secretary Noem says every DHS officer deployed to Minneapolis is now being issued a body-worn camera.
February 2, 2026 at 10:30 PM
They're desparate to stop Senate Democrats from defunding ICE. Keep calling. Keep pushing.
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holy shit, you mean to tell me that people were committing crimes with the thing whose single use case is crime
I’m sorry but what did libertarians think that the anonymous money laundering racism coin that you could only functionally use for illicit activity was doing other than this, exactly
February 2, 2026 at 9:11 PM
holy shit, you mean to tell me that people were committing crimes with the thing whose single use case is crime
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From @neilyoungarchives.bsky.social
If you are a customer of any of these companies, let them know you are opposed to their doing business with ICE and the un-American and illegal actions of ICE, including unwarranted killing, tear-gassing, kidnapping, and arresting of innocent people.
If you are a customer of any of these companies, let them know you are opposed to their doing business with ICE and the un-American and illegal actions of ICE, including unwarranted killing, tear-gassing, kidnapping, and arresting of innocent people.
February 2, 2026 at 6:45 PM
From @neilyoungarchives.bsky.social
If you are a customer of any of these companies, let them know you are opposed to their doing business with ICE and the un-American and illegal actions of ICE, including unwarranted killing, tear-gassing, kidnapping, and arresting of innocent people.
If you are a customer of any of these companies, let them know you are opposed to their doing business with ICE and the un-American and illegal actions of ICE, including unwarranted killing, tear-gassing, kidnapping, and arresting of innocent people.
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Hey, if any reporter sees this, DoD was told business as usual, no furlough notices even drafted, even though no actual vote for funding is even scheduled.
February 2, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Hey, if any reporter sees this, DoD was told business as usual, no furlough notices even drafted, even though no actual vote for funding is even scheduled.
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Today at school dismissal, I followed a suspicious pickup around for a bit, keeping an eye on them, trying to figure out if they were ICE. Then I realized they were keeping an eye on me also. Then I realized they were, in fact, other parents. Life in Minnesota, January 2026.
February 2, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Today at school dismissal, I followed a suspicious pickup around for a bit, keeping an eye on them, trying to figure out if they were ICE. Then I realized they were keeping an eye on me also. Then I realized they were, in fact, other parents. Life in Minnesota, January 2026.
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If you have school age kids, this piece by @melodyschreiber.com is a must-read. Vaccine schedules are NOT a federal thing and efforts at state level to MANDATE dropping them faces significant head-winds. 1/n
notadoctor.news/2026/02/01/w...
notadoctor.news/2026/02/01/w...
February 2, 2026 at 1:59 PM
If you have school age kids, this piece by @melodyschreiber.com is a must-read. Vaccine schedules are NOT a federal thing and efforts at state level to MANDATE dropping them faces significant head-winds. 1/n
notadoctor.news/2026/02/01/w...
notadoctor.news/2026/02/01/w...
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Huge congrats to everyone with work on the Locus List! Voting is now open for the Locus Awards. Anyone can vote, no subscription or membership required. You can also write in your favorites!
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
2025 Recommended Reading List
Welcome to the Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! Our recommendations are compiled annually by the Locus re…
locusmag.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Huge congrats to everyone with work on the Locus List! Voting is now open for the Locus Awards. Anyone can vote, no subscription or membership required. You can also write in your favorites!
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...
First daffodil on February 1.
February 1, 2026 at 9:18 PM
First daffodil on February 1.
Anyone wanna come over for breakfast?
I made cornmeal pancakes with homemade berry syrup and my family doesn’t want it. 😉
I made cornmeal pancakes with homemade berry syrup and my family doesn’t want it. 😉
February 1, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Anyone wanna come over for breakfast?
I made cornmeal pancakes with homemade berry syrup and my family doesn’t want it. 😉
I made cornmeal pancakes with homemade berry syrup and my family doesn’t want it. 😉
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If you are a Californian who doesn’t think throwing more money at OpenAI is a good use of state resources (or a useful intervention for learners in a teaching focused university system), add your voice.
The CSU/OpenAI contract is set to expire June 30, 2026.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
February 1, 2026 at 4:20 PM
If you are a Californian who doesn’t think throwing more money at OpenAI is a good use of state resources (or a useful intervention for learners in a teaching focused university system), add your voice.
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These dumb motherfuckers think teargas will stop a portlander. They gassed my 13 year old today, now we're laughing about his Portland baptism and buying him a gas mask. We will never, ever stop.
February 1, 2026 at 2:20 AM
These dumb motherfuckers think teargas will stop a portlander. They gassed my 13 year old today, now we're laughing about his Portland baptism and buying him a gas mask. We will never, ever stop.
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Reminded of the time that a BBC World Service presenter asked their guest how long there had been a Latino presence in Los Angeles and I yelled at my car stereo, “The name of the city is **LOS ANGELES**!”
I may have a stroke.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
January 31, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Reminded of the time that a BBC World Service presenter asked their guest how long there had been a Latino presence in Los Angeles and I yelled at my car stereo, “The name of the city is **LOS ANGELES**!”
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Is Ro Khanna still trying to make up with Elon, someone ask him
January 30, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Is Ro Khanna still trying to make up with Elon, someone ask him
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The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
January 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
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St. Peter Minnesota's police scorecard is better than most police departments in the US.
There is no racial disparities in killings by St. Peter police, because... St. Peter police haven't killed anyone in the last 13 years.🤷🏿♂️
And St. Peter has a higher percent of Black residents than California.
There is no racial disparities in killings by St. Peter police, because... St. Peter police haven't killed anyone in the last 13 years.🤷🏿♂️
And St. Peter has a higher percent of Black residents than California.
January 31, 2026 at 3:47 PM
St. Peter Minnesota's police scorecard is better than most police departments in the US.
There is no racial disparities in killings by St. Peter police, because... St. Peter police haven't killed anyone in the last 13 years.🤷🏿♂️
And St. Peter has a higher percent of Black residents than California.
There is no racial disparities in killings by St. Peter police, because... St. Peter police haven't killed anyone in the last 13 years.🤷🏿♂️
And St. Peter has a higher percent of Black residents than California.
Of course, in this case, the husband of the victim knew the police chief personally. And called him. Most people don’t have that kind of connection to their local police.
This is in small-town Minnesota. This is not in one of those demonic blue cities that the GOP talk about. This is pretty goddam rural. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Of course, in this case, the husband of the victim knew the police chief personally. And called him. Most people don’t have that kind of connection to their local police.
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This is in small-town Minnesota. This is not in one of those demonic blue cities that the GOP talk about. This is pretty goddam rural. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 2:50 PM
This is in small-town Minnesota. This is not in one of those demonic blue cities that the GOP talk about. This is pretty goddam rural. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...